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| Mature tree Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 296
| Have used a Hobbs in a speedline situation, excellent tool. Great for; - Smooth controlled lowering - Tightening the lowering system to reduce dynamic loading - Cranking branches up while tip tying - Tightening the main line while speedlining Thats all i can think of off the top of my head.
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| Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ankara, Turkey at the moment
Posts: 29
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It was like descending into Aladdin's cave! Ropes a plenty, harnesses a go go, hardware, software, rigging, biners, spikes, you name it I saw it with my big eyes. Due to my meagre cash flow, I ended up just buying a pair of Bashlin spikes and Shigo's A New Tree Biology with the stupid little dictionary that came with it. It turned out to be a hellishly unreadable book! I always regretted not buying Don's Arborist Equipment, which is a great book even now with all it's little anecdotes about the Euc man and The Oak man. In case any of you are wondering, I am a Oak man with Euc tendencies. Pretty much like you guys I would suspect. Still, shame Don wasn't around to talk to. Any of you guys met him? ![]() Last edited by Iorek : 30th January 2007 at 08:42 AM. Reason: Oh no reason in particular, everythins cool. | |
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| Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ankara, Turkey at the moment
Posts: 29
| Well is that all you have to say about him? that you met him in 88!!? A dozen or so times! Not very interesting is it? Maybe not much was said? C'mon Dan, gives some more info, Yes? |
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
Posts: 6,847
| This is home made job using 2 speed lewmar 44 sail winch
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
Posts: 6,847
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What's the GRCS good for on lifts, be same wouldn't it, same sort of winch. I suppose never winched up more than 500kg. It's Blackies not mine, but nice to use, when tops come out you can pull in the slack ... very smooth and no shock load.
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| Sappling Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 9
| http://www.karlkuemmerling.com/prod20.htm Check out the first two brakes, any thoughts? Price is nice. I have never used a GRCS or a Hobbs, do you think this would be a good way to get into something like those? P.S. Good job on the site Ekka. |
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| Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
Posts: 6,847
| I didn't make it it's another guys. Not that hard to make, the expensive part is the winch, try ebay and yachting places maybe for a second hand one. The winch will run up between $1K and $1.8K, then some channel and strap + weld.
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